Vauxhall Corsa Electric Hatchback 115kW Ultimate 51kWh 5dr Auto On Lease From £410.23

Equipment

- Dark tinted rear side windows + tailgate window
- Electrically operated front and rear windows with safety auto reverse and one touch up/down facility
- Glazed tailgate and heated rear window with wash/wipe facility
- Rain sensitive windscreen wipers
- Rear wiper
- Solar heat absorbing windscreen and windows
- Two speed windscreen wipers with variable intermittent wipe
- Windscreen and side window demist vents
- Anti-lock braking system (ABS)
- Cornering brake control
- Drag torque control
- EBD - Electronic brakeforce distribution
- Electronic parking brake
- Electronic Stability Programme (ESP)
- Emergency brake assist
- Enhanced automatic emergency braking with pedestrian detection
- Hill hold and start system
- Straight line stability control
- Traction control
- Auto tele unit 3S vehicle communication system
- E-call
- Voice recognition
- Wireless Apple CarPlay/Android Auto
- 180 degree panoramic rear view camera
- Adaptive cruise control with speed limiter
- Drive modes (sport, normal, eco)
- Enhanced traffic sign recognition
- Front and rear parking sensors
- Front camera system
- Lane departure warning
- Lane keep assist
- Lane positioning assist
- MAP OTA updates
- Side blind spot alert
- Speed sensitive power steering
- Speed sign recognition
- Breakdown call (b-call)
- Wireless charger
- 2D/3D street level mapping
- 7 inch digital instrument cluster display
- Central facia display with digital clock, outside air temperature and audio information
- Connected navigation
- European coverage
- Instrumentation - Speedometer, rev counter, low fuel gauge warning light + water temperature gauge warning light
- Lights on audible warning
- Multi function trip computer
- POI (search)
- RDS with traffic programme
- Satellite navigation system
- Service indicator
- Smartphone projection
- Vauxhall connect box
- Black door mirror housings
- Electrically adjustable and heated door mirrors
- Electrically folding door mirrors
- Electrochromic automatic anti-dazzle rear view mirror
- Silent black facia with liquid palladium insert
- Under body shield for aero
- AM/FM stereo radio
- Bluetooth A2DP audio streaming
- DAB Digital radio
- Multimedia Navi with 10-inch touchscreen
- Rear USB port
- Six speakers
- Steering wheel audio, phone and cruise controls
- USB type C port
- Black DLO
- Black Griffin logo and vizor frame
- Black lower side window mouldings
- Body colour door handles
- Body colour front and rear bumpers
- Bonnet/headlight/wiper structure
- Corsa lettering in tailgate
- High gloss black finish B pillar
- Rear side wing doors
- Shark fin aerial
- Sports front and rear body styling for upper and lower bumper design
- Ultimate badge and sill plate
- 3rd brake light
- Automatic headlamp levelling
- Automatic headlight control system
- Hazard warning lights
- Headlamps for left side traffic
- High beam assist
- IntelliLux Matrix LED Headlights
- LED daytime running lights
- LED fog lights
- LED tail lamp
- Rear fog lamp
- Rear reversing lights
- 4 speed fan with illuminated controls
- Cabin particulate filter - removes dust, airborne particles and pollen
- Electronic climate control (ECC)
- Four adjustable facia vents
- 12V power sockets
- 3 spoke flat bottomed leather effect steering wheel with satin chrome effect bezel
- Alcantara leather upholstery
- Black headliner
- Front centre armrest with storage
- Front cupholder
- Heated steering wheel
- Illuminated glovebox with lid
- Internal chrome door handles
- Polyurethane gear knob/lever
- Reach and rake adjustable steering column
- Rear cupholder
- Right hand drive (RHD)
- Two litre open door pockets
- Interior courtesy light
- LED ambient lighting
- LED boot light
- Single dome lamp with dual front reading lamps
- 3 rear 3 point seatbelts
- Deactivation switch for front passenger's airbag
- Driver drowsiness alert system
- Electrical child lock system in rear door latch
- Forward collision alert
- Front seatbelt unfastened audible warning and warning light
- ISOFIX child seat mountings incorporating top tether anchor points located on second row rear seats
- Seatbelt pretensioners
- Single tone horn
- Six airbags - Driver's dual stage airbag/front passenger's dual stage airbag/front seat side impact airbags/full size curtain airbags
- Tyre deflation detection system
- Tyre pressure monitoring system
- 3 bench rear seats in 2nd row
- 6 way manual adjustable co-driver seat height up/down, reach fore/aft, backrest upright/recline
- 6 way manual adjustable driver seat with massage function height up/down, reach fore/aft, backrest upright/recline
- 60/40 split folding rear seat
- Comfort front seats
- Driver's seat lumbar support
- Front headrests
- Heated front seats
- Height adjustable head restraints
- Rear headrests
- Single front passenger seat
- 2 keys one folding with integral remote
- Electronically protected audio equipment
- Engine deadlock and immobiliser
- Freewheeling door locks
- Keyless entry and start
- Locking wheel nuts
- Remote control central locking
- Remote control security alarm system
- Steering column lock
- Visible vehicle identification number
- Driver/passenger sunvisors with vanity mirrors + covers
- 11kW 3-Phase On Board Charger
- Mode 3 charging cable 22kW
- 17" Black alloy wheels with grey inserts
- Tyre repair kit

Technical Data

- Battery Capacity % guaranteed under warranty: 70
- Battery Capacity in kWh: 51
- Battery Charging Scenario 1 - Charge Time (Mins): 1,305
- Battery Charging Scenario 1 - Percentage Change: 0-100
- Battery Charging Scenario 1 - Power Supply - kW: 2.3
- Battery Charging Scenario 2 - Charge Time (Mins): 450
- Battery Charging Scenario 2 - Percentage Change: 0-100
- Battery Charging Scenario 2 - Power Supply - kW: 7
- Battery Charging Scenario 3 - Charge Time (Mins): 315
- Battery Charging Scenario 3 - Percentage Change: 0-100
- Battery Charging Scenario 3 - Power Supply - kW: 11
- Battery Charging Scenario 4 - Charge Time (Mins): 30
- Battery Charging Scenario 4 - Percentage Change: 0-80
- Battery Charging Scenario 4 - Power Supply - kW: 100
- Battery Leased: No
- Battery Type: Lithium-ion
- Charging Port Location: Left Side Rear
- Coupler/Connector Type: CCS Type 2
- Maximum Charging Rate - kW: 100
- Standard manufacturers Battery warranty - Mileage: 100,000
- Standard manufacturers Battery warranty - Years: 8
- Usable Battery Capacity: 48
- WLTP - EC (kWh/100km) - City: 10.6
- WLTP - EC (kWh/100km) - Comb: 14.5
- WLTP - EC (kWh/100km) - Comb - TEH: 14.5
- WLTP - EC (kWh/100km) - Comb - TEL: 14.4
- WLTP - EC (miles/kWh) - City: 5.9
- WLTP - EC (miles/kWh) - Comb: 4.3
- WLTP - EC (miles/kWh) - Comb - TEH: 4.3
- WLTP - EC (miles/kWh) - Comb - TEL: 4.3
- WLTP - Pure Electric Range (km) - City: 543
- WLTP - Pure Electric Range (km) - Comb: 396
- WLTP - Pure Electric Range (km) - High: 399
- WLTP - Pure Electric Range (miles) - City: 337
- WLTP - Pure Electric Range (miles) - Comb: 246
- WLTP - Pure Electric Range (miles) - High: 248
- CO:
- CO2 (g/km): 0
- HC:
- HC+NOx:
- Noise Level dB(A):
- NOx:
- Particles:
- Standard Euro Emissions: N
- Camshaft: N
- Catalytic Convertor: No
- CC: 1
- Compression Ratio: N
- Cylinder Layout: N
- Cylinders:
- Cylinders - Bore (mm):
- Cylinders - Stroke (mm):
- Engine Code: N
- Engine Layout: N
- Fuel Delivery: N
- Gears: 1 SPEED
- Number of Valves:
- Transmission: AUTO
- EC Combined (mpg):
- EC Directive 1999/100/EC Applies: No
- EC Extra Urban (mpg):
- EC Urban (mpg):
- Alternative Fuel Qualifying: Yes
- Badge Engine CC: 0.0
- Badge Power: 156
- Based On ID:
- Coin Description: N
- Coin Series: Ultimate
- Generation Mark: 6
- Insurance Group 1 - 50 Effective January 07: 27E
- Man Corrosion Perforation Guarantee - Years: 6
- NCAP Overall Rating - Effective February 09: 4
- Safety Concerns?: No
- Service Interval Frequency - Months: 24
- Service Interval Mileage: 16,000
- Special Edition: No
- Special Order: No
- Standard manufacturers warranty - Mileage: 60,000
- Standard manufacturers warranty - Years: 3
- Vehicle Homologation Class: M1
- 0 to 60 mph (secs): No
- 0 to 62 mph (secs): 8.2
- Engine Power - BHP: 156
- Engine Power - KW: 115
- Engine Power - PS: Yes
- Engine Torque - LBS.FT: 192
- Engine Torque - MKG: 26.5
- Engine Torque - NM: 260
- Top Speed: 93
- Emissions Test Cycle: WLTP
- RDE Certification Level: N/A
- Alloys?: Yes
- Space Saver?: No
- Tyre Size Front: 205/45 R17
- Tyre Size Rear: 205/45 R17
- Tyre Size Spare: TYRE REPAIR KIT
- Wheel Style: N
- Wheel Type: 17" ALLOY
- Height: 1,433
- Height (including roof rails):
- Length: 4,060
- Wheelbase: 2,538
- Width: 1765
- Width (including mirrors): 1,960
- Fuel Tank Capacity (Litres):
- Luggage Capacity (Seats Down): 1081
- Luggage Capacity (Seats Up): 267
- Max. Roof Load: 70
- Minimum Kerbweight: 1,544
- No. of Seats: 5

Review

You can now have Vauxhall's smallest model in battery-powered form. Jonathan Crouch takes a look at the Corsa-e.

Ten Second Review
To suit the current zeitgeist, there's a version of Vauxhall's fifth generation Corsa supermini - this car, the Corsa-e - that's fully battery-powered. But would you want to pay the significant premium necessary to get it? Time to check out this little battery-powered hatch.

Background
Supermini-sized full-electric cars haven't generally been very credible to date, with one or two notable exceptions. But times are changing. Pretty soon, most volume brand manufacturers are going to be offering little EVs with the kind of driving range you once had to pay luxury money for. Vauxhall has found itself in the vanguard of this change courtesy of the borrowed PSA Group technology we first saw in the Peugeot e-208 and the DS 3 Crossback E-TENSE. It appears in this car, the Corsa-e, the Griffin brand's very first Zero Emissions model.

Driving Experience
Here, as with this model's cousin the Peugeot e-208, a 50kWh lithium-ion battery is mated to a 100kW electric motor putting out 136PS and working through the usual single-speed auto transmission you get with EVs. Like all electric vehicles, this one develops all its torque at once and simply hurls itself away from rest (the 30mph mark is reached in just 2.1s and 60mph is crested in only 7.6s), disguising the fact that (also like all EVs) this Zero Emissions variant has a bit of a weight problem - that drivetrain adds over 300kgs of bulk. That other small battery-powered little hatches manage this issue a little better is evidenced by the fact that the Corsa-e's WLTP-rated 209 mile driving range is easily improved upon by the latest versions of the Renault ZOE and the BMW i3. Still, all of this does represent a brave new world for forward-thinking supermini buyers looking to make the (still rather expensive) switch into all-electric motoring; it seems like only yesterday, after all, that a fully-charged small EV could only manage around half the kind of range you get from this one. Of course, you certainly won't achieve anything like that kind of operating capability if you get anywhere near this EV's quoted 93mph top speed. Or if you habitually drive your Corsa-e in the 'Sport' setting that'll be necessary to release to full 136PS power output just mentioned. The quoted range figure will only be distantly possible if you instead engage a somewhat restrictive 'Eco' mode that drops power output right down to 83PS.

Design and Build
Visually, this electric Corsa is virtually identical to the combustion-engined version, with the exception of different alloy wheel designs. An exterior highlight that Vauxhall is particularly proud of it's the fact that this is the first car in the class to feature adaptive glare-free full-LED headlights - the brand's 'IntelliLux LED Matrix' package, the kind of thing previously restricted to much larger cars. Inside, all Corsas have identical cabins, which centre around a new touchscreen infotainment system on the dash. Two set-ups are available to buyers: a seven-inch Multimedia Navi system or top-spec 10-inch Multimedia Navi Pro. Both monitors deliver the expected smartphone-mirroring functionality and of course there's navigation too - which is optional with the smaller screen. Avoid entry-level trim and you'll find another 7-inch digital display featuring with virtual dials in the instrument binnacle. Build quality doesn't match the highest standards in this class, but ergonomically, there's not much to fault. The seats are supportive, nothing's irritatingly awkward to get to and everything's exactly where you expect it to. Rear seat space is a bit cramped but boot room is the same as with the combustion-engined versions - 309-litres, extendable to 1,118-litres when you fold the rear bench.

Market and Model
For this all-electric Corsa-e, there are two available trim levels - SE Nav' and 'Elite Nav' - and you'll be paying in the £27,500 to £31,500 bracket, once the available £3,000 government Plug-in grant has been deducted from the mildly alarming initial asking price. This means, that, rather bravely, Vauxhall has priced the base Corsa-e around £900 above the entry-level 'Allure'-spec version of its Peugeot e-208 cousin. And a top-spec 'GT'-spec e-208 will save you nearly £1,500 over a top 'Ultimate Nav'-spec Corsa-e. Which is interesting positioning given that the two products are basically the same. Both the Corsa-e and the e-208 make more sense as EVs than another key Zero Emissions small car rival at this price point, the MINI Electric. That MINI's priced from around £28,000 and has a much lower operating range, a three-door-only body style and a tiny boot - plus it would probably cost around £3,000 more when equipped to a similar standard. There aren't really any other direct all-electric small hatch options. You can get battery-powered versions of the Volkswagen up!, the SEAT Mii and the Skoda Citigo from around £20,000, but they're all smaller city cars. A battery-powered family hatch like a Kia e-Niro would cost around £5,000 and a BMW i3 even more.

Cost of Ownership
If you're a Corsa-e owner, you'll need to know that getting anywhere near the quoted 209 mile WLTP-rated range figure will necessitate staying in the powertrain's provided 'Eco' mode - activating its 'Sport' mode setting will reduce your range by around 10%. What about charging times? Well, using the 7kW wallbox you'll need to get installed in your garage as a Corsa-e owner, a full charge from empty will take seven and-a-half hours. If when you're out and about, you find a public 50kW Rapid Charger, the replenishment time to charge from 15 to 80% is 45 minutes. If you're fortunate enough to find a 100kW Rapid Charger, that falls to 30 minutes. If the charger in question is a 22kW accelerated public charger, then the replenishment time will vary depending on whether you've paid a little extra to get the Corsa-e's standard 7.4kW on-board charger upgraded to 11kW spec. If you do that, you can reduce the 5 hour replenishment time with this kind of charger to 3 hours and 20 minutes. At the point of purchase of a Corsa-e, Vauxhall will throw in a free six month subscription to BP Chargemaster's Polar Network, which after that point would, at the time of this test, cost you £7.85 a month.

Summary
We're still at the stage at which you have to be pretty sold on the EV concept to choose a car like this. Vauxhall says its goal is to reach a stage where the overall full-life cost of a Corsa-e (taking into account purchase price or leasing costs, plus charging fees) is approximately the same as what you'd pay to run a well-specified petrol automatic variant. Well we're some way off that at present but it'll happen sooner or later. For the time being, this is pretty much state of the art in terms of full-electric small cars. Yes, you can get the same technology in a Peugeot e-208 or a DS 3 Crossback E-TENSE. And yes, other compact EVs like the Renault ZOE and the BMW i3 will take you a little further on a single charge. But this Vauxhall will reach a far wider audience than any of the models just mentioned. It will play a key part in democratising the idea of a supermini EV. And that makes it a very important car indeed.

Vauxhall Corsa Electric Hatchback

115kW Ultimate 51kWh 5dr Auto

£410.23 _{ex VAT Per Month}

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